My Review On "The Face Dental" Clinic (2 Jaw)

[nyc-angel]

honeyboob00 said: ↑

Hi CC, thanks for everything! I started a new thread on face dental too. I am post 1 month now. Nerves are generally well recovered.

thanks babe for discovering tfd!

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Hey Honeyboo I just saw your thread! I'm happy that you are recovery well

 

[nyc-angel]

allydolly said: ↑

hey sorry I cant message, just made this account not even a day ago.

Can you send me the price too? My parents are pushing me to only do enough to fix my underbite (its also close to free in canada) but i know once I'm older I'll want my whole jaw done.

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It was under 13 mil won. I had 2 jaw + V line revision so it was a good price

 

[mto1607]

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[mto1607]

NYC Angel said: ↑

In my case, I didn't need braces. I had braces years ago, so my teeth were already aligned properly before the surgery. It was just my jaw that was long and asymmetric. If you have a consult with Dr. Lee, he will tell you if you need braces or not.

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Thank you for your reply, glad that you are healing well.
I'm also having braces, my teeth are straight now, but I heard that having brace for the purpose of straightening your teeth is different from the purpose of surgery. Just too afraid of wearing braces again.
If the doctor tell me to have braces after surgery, how can I go check up regularly as I don't live in Korea. That's what bothering me
Btw, how much approximately you spent for living in Korea in 1 months. if you are not comfortable to answer to this question, it's ok ^^

 

[herecticx]

The purpose of braces for 2jaw is nott to align but misalign. What is misaligned will be straightened out by the aligning of the jaws.

 

[kikiknows]

NYC Angel said: ↑

Hey everyone! Sorry I been MIA for so long. I have been very busy with work so I don't really get the chance to come to the forum like I used to. Also I think like most of us when we finally have our surgery and things are going well, we tend to forget about the forum. So I guess I'm kinda guilty of that as well so I apologize.

Anyway I want to just give a quick update. I am almost 10 months post op. Everything is going very well. Physically I feel great. I pretty much have about 98% feeling back in my nerves. I can open my mouth comfortably with 4 fingers. And I can eat anything thing I want... including difficult stuff like nuts, steak, etc.

Aesthetically, I am very pleased with my results. All of the swelling has finally gone down. It took a long time for the swelling to go down for me... especially in my lower face. But thankfully now my jaw looks much smaller and more defined like it should be.

One thing that I want to mention is my chin. Dr Lee did a great job in my V line revision and made my chin bone as small as possible. But I do have a larger mentalis muscle in my chin that still makes my chin look a little bigger than I would like for it to be. I remember Dr. Lee did mentioned that if I want my chin to appear smaller, I can consider botox to relax the chin muscle and make it look a little smaller. I think if he did cut some of the muscle from the chin, it would be too risky being that the mentalis muscle helps to control the bottom lip. So I did go to a local dermatologist here in NYC and had botox done in my chin. It actually worked. So now my chin looks much smaller to my liking. Before the botox it wasn't bad at all and my chin after 2 jaw looked way better than it did before. But I wanted the chin even more smaller, so the botox did the trick for me

I can't express how grateful I am to Face Dental. The surgery was a success. Sometimes I forget I had the surgery because I feel so normal, but when I look in the mirror, I am reminded because I look so different.

The only real issue I have now is that my nose looks a lot bigger than it did before because I have a smaller face now. So I plan on going back to Seoul in March and have my nose done. If you are thinking of having 2 Jaw done, please keep in mind the balance of your face is going to change a lot! Your eyes will probably look bigger which is great, but your nose will look bigger too. So you may have to prepare yourself that 2 jaw surgery may lead into rhinoplasty in the future.

I will try to give another update in March when I'm in Seoul

Btw, I can pm just 1 before and after pic. I'm a private person so I honestly don't want to send more than 1 before and after pic. I will try to get back to messages the best way I can if I'm not too busy. Thanks

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Hi NYC Angel,
I am too planning to go to Kr in March/April this coming yr. Of you are not comfortable sharing your kakao ID, could you add me? Mine is the same as my PF name.

 

[llxll]

NYC Angel said: ↑

Hey everyone! Sorry I been MIA for so long. I have been very busy with work so I don't really get the chance to come to the forum like I used to. Also I think like most of us when we finally have our surgery and things are going well, we tend to forget about the forum. So I guess I'm kinda guilty of that as well so I apologize.

Anyway I want to just give a quick update. I am almost 10 months post op. Everything is going very well. Physically I feel great. I pretty much have about 98% feeling back in my nerves. I can open my mouth comfortably with 4 fingers. And I can eat anything thing I want... including difficult stuff like nuts, steak, etc.

Aesthetically, I am very pleased with my results. All of the swelling has finally gone down. It took a long time for the swelling to go down for me... especially in my lower face. But thankfully now my jaw looks much smaller and more defined like it should be.

One thing that I want to mention is my chin. Dr Lee did a great job in my V line revision and made my chin bone as small as possible. But I do have a larger mentalis muscle in my chin that still makes my chin look a little bigger than I would like for it to be. I remember Dr. Lee did mentioned that if I want my chin to appear smaller, I can consider botox to relax the chin muscle and make it look a little smaller. I think if he did cut some of the muscle from the chin, it would be too risky being that the mentalis muscle helps to control the bottom lip. So I did go to a local dermatologist here in NYC and had botox done in my chin. It actually worked. So now my chin looks much smaller to my liking. Before the botox it wasn't bad at all and my chin after 2 jaw looked way better than it did before. But I wanted the chin even more smaller, so the botox did the trick for me

I can't express how grateful I am to Face Dental. The surgery was a success. Sometimes I forget I had the surgery because I feel so normal, but when I look in the mirror, I am reminded because I look so different.

The only real issue I have now is that my nose looks a lot bigger than it did before because I have a smaller face now. So I plan on going back to Seoul in March and have my nose done. If you are thinking of having 2 Jaw done, please keep in mind the balance of your face is going to change a lot! Your eyes will probably look bigger which is great, but your nose will look bigger too. So you may have to prepare yourself that 2 jaw surgery may lead into rhinoplasty in the future.

I will try to give another update in March when I'm in Seoul

Btw, I can pm just 1 before and after pic. I'm a private person so I honestly don't want to send more than 1 before and after pic. I will try to get back to messages the best way I can if I'm not too busy. Thanks

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Hello ,NYC! can you PM me ur b&a photo?

 

[xinhxinh89]

NYC Angel said: ↑

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share my experience having 2 jaw surgery at The Face Dental clinic. Before I get started I want to mention that I am not a promoter. I am just sharing my experience. I also want to give a little background so you guys know how I ended up at Face Dental

About 2 years ago I had mini V line surgery at Small face clinic. The surgery went well and I think the surgeon did a very good job in making my chin smaller. Unfortunately he couldn’t make it as small as I wanted it to be because my main nerve runs too low on my chin. After the surgery I still didn’t think my face was small enough. It was still considered long. Now the surgery was an improvement but I kinda knew from this point that the results that I really wanted could only happen with 2 Jaw surgery

Over the past year I have been doing research in finding the right clinic for my 2 Jaw surgery. I always considered EverM because of all the good reviews I read here on this forum. But I wanted some other options besides EverM. I decided to take the time and do some research on Naver (Korean search engine) and see if maybe I can find a clinic that basically only the locals know about. The reason why I wanted to find a clinic that only was known by locals was because I had a pretty good chance in getting a better price than going with a clinic that sees a lot of foreigners. Lets’s face it, most of these clinics that have a lot of foreigners as patients take advantage of us financially. It was important for me to find a place that had a surgeon that specializes in Maxillofacial surgery and not have to pay a huge amount of money for it. So after searching on Naver I came across "Face Dental". I really liked what I saw on their website plus I thought their before and after pics looked great. It was exactly what I was looking for. I was able to read good reviews about the clinic and the surgeon Dr Joongkyou Lee. This was all in Korean so I had to take the time to do Google translate and I must say it was definitely worth it

This past March I had planned that I was going to come to Korea and have consults at EverM and Face Dental. I went to EverM first. It’s a nice clinic, and the doctor seemed honest and knew what he was talking about. The problem I had with EverM was that the doctor kinda rushed my consult (I think he was in the middle of surgery) and the price I was quoted for 2 Jaw with V line revision was too high even after negotiating. First they said it was going to be 18 million won then they brought it down to 16 million won which was still over my budget. I left from EverM and went straight to Face Dental.

Consult Day at Face Dental 2/24/15: When I went to Face Dental, my friend met me there to help translate for me. She’s Korean American and perfectly fluent in Korean. Being that Face Dental is only really known to the locals, they don’t have a translator yet, so this is why I needed my friend’s help. The sales consultant greeted us, she was very nice and friendly. They took lots of pics and X-rays. Then the sales consultant went over all the details about my pics and what I wanted to achieve. I basically told her I wanted to fix my long face and have more of a smaller and softer look. She totally understood and reassured me that the doctor was more than capable enough to give me the results I wanted. After speaking with the sales consultant, we waited to see the doctor. While we were waiting we saw more before and after pics of patients in the clinic’s book, plus we saw that Face Dental was on the makeover show “Let Me In” and the doctor did an amazing job on one of the girls that was on the show

When Dr Lee entered into the consultant room, he greeted us and was very friendly. Actually he’s probably the most friendly doctor I have met out all all the consults I’ve had in Korea. He spoke some English which was cool but I still needed my friend to translate when it came to certain medical terms. He was very detailed and took his time to explain everything to me. I rarely had to ask that many questions because he was so honest, detailed, and upfront about the surgery procedure and the results I can expect. They have this photoshop projection that can give you an idea what you would look like after surgery, and I really liked what he was able to show me if I decided to have the surgery.


So after we spoke to the doctor, we came back to see the sales consultant and she gave the price of what it would cost for 2 Jaw + V line revision. I was pleasantly surprised at the price she quoted me especially for V line revision. I don’t want to say exactly what I paid but I can definitely say it was way lower than what EverM was going to charge me. I was quoted the locals price I believe. I asked when I could have surgery, they said I can have it done on Fri (2/27) and I can have my wafer made today (2/24). I thought about everything carefully and decided to go with Face Dental. My gut was telling me that this was the place I needed to choose and I’m happy to say I made the right decision. Right after the consult, I went to get my wafer made, blood work done, etc. And they told me my wafer will be ready in time for my surgery on Fri. After everything was done for the day, they told me everything I needed to be prepared for on my surgery day. Again I really appreciate how detailed and precise the staff is at this clinic. It was also cool that the sales consultant gave us free coffee coupons for the cafe that’s located in the same building. I thought it was really nice for her to do that

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Did u have square jaw? Cause i look on there website but no case on square jaw reduction so i dont know if they do the sqare jaw reduction or not.
Thanks

 

[nyc-angel]

Xinhxinh89 said: ↑

Did u have square jaw? Cause i look on there website but no case on square jaw reduction so i dont know if they do the sqare jaw reduction or not.
Thanks

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no I didn't have a square jaw before. But I think Dr. Lee can perform square jaw reduction with 2 jaw

 

[nyc-angel]

llXll said: ↑

Hello ,NYC! can you PM me ur b&a photo?

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Sure, I just pm'd you my pic.

 

[nyc-angel]

kikiKnows said: ↑

Hi NYC Angel,
I am too planning to go to Kr in March/April this coming yr. Of you are not comfortable sharing your kakao ID, could you add me? Mine is the same as my PF name.

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Ok, I'll add you on Kakao

 

[nyc-angel]

mto1607 said: ↑

Thank you for your reply, glad that you are healing well.
I'm also having braces, my teeth are straight now, but I heard that having brace for the purpose of straightening your teeth is different from the purpose of surgery. Just too afraid of wearing braces again.
If the doctor tell me to have braces after surgery, how can I go check up regularly as I don't live in Korea. That's what bothering me
Btw, how much approximately you spent for living in Korea in 1 months. if you are not comfortable to answer to this question, it's ok ^^

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If for some reason you need braces after 2 Jaw surgery, you can go to a local orthodontist when you go back home and get braces then. But it may not be necessary in you case

I was able to find a nice studio apartment on airbnb. I spent about $1400 for 5 weeks. You can definitely find some great deals on airbnb

 

[sunshineusa]

NYC Angel said: ↑

If for some reason you need braces after 2 Jaw surgery, you can go to a local orthodontist when you go back home and get braces then. But it may not be necessary in you case

I was able to find a nice studio apartment on airbnb. I spent about $1400 for 5 weeks. You can definitely find some great deals on airbnb

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Please add me on kakao too. My id is: sunshineusa101
Im interested in The Face Dental too! thanks for sharing NYC Angel!